İsmail Uğural
December 10, 2020 Climate Change and Environment, Global News, Soil Management, Water Management
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Climate Change Performance Index 2021: Still no country good enough; EU stands at a crossroads New ranking of 58 countries with the highest emissions published today:– None of the countries surveyed are on a path compatible with the Paris Agreement goals– Emissions are decreasing in more than half of the …
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İsmail Uğural
December 10, 2020 Agribusiness, Dried Fruits and Vegetables, Foreign Trade
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The companies that are members of Southeastern Anatolia Exporters’ Associations (GAIB) exported 221 million 236 thousand dollars of dried fruits and products to 94 countries in 11 months of this year. Mehmet Çıkmaz, the Chairman of GAİB Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, drew attention to the fact that the …
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İsmail Uğural
December 9, 2020 Agribusiness, Foreign Trade, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
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Press release… Tomato, the leading product of fresh fruit and vegetable exports, faces a quota barrier in the Russian Federation, the prominent export market. The quota of 200 thousand tons in tomato exports to Russia has been reached. Russia’s gate is closed for Turkish tomato exporters. The Chairpersons of the …
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İsmail Uğural
December 9, 2020 Food, Foreign Trade, Grains and Pulses
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Istanbul Cereals Pulses Oil Seeds and Products Exporters’ Association (İHBİR) announced that it exports to 164 countries according to the November 2020 export report. Stating that Turkey would never encounter with any food crisis, İHBİR Chairman Haluk Okutur said, “We have farmers demonstrating outstanding efforts and also industrial exporters who …
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İsmail Uğural
December 8, 2020 Farming, Foreign Trade, Ornamental Plants
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Ahmet Dündar, Chairman of Turkish Ornamental Plant Growers Union, said that the sector exported 64 million 682 thousand dollars in 2017, this figure was 71 million 239 thousand dollars in 2018 and 80 million 406 thousand dollars in 2019. Noting that imports declined to 84 million 282 thousand dollars in …
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İsmail Uğural
December 8, 2020 Farming, Food, Global News, Nutrition
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After a difficult period for all humanity in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 crisis, experts project worse problems in the coming period, including famines related to climate change and the pandemic. In 2020, the problems related to the pandemic, such as the lack of seasonal workers, caused food production …
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İsmail Uğural
December 7, 2020 Agricultural Economy, Farming, Rural Development
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Turkish farmers have been paid a total of 1.25 billion euros ($1.5) billion in assistance over the last eight years as part of a project in cooperation with the European Union, Agriculture Minister Bekir Pakdemirli has said. As part of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance Rural Development (IPARD) Programme, 14,476 agricultural projects have been …
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İsmail Uğural
December 7, 2020 Farming, Foreign Trade, Global News, Seafood
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DAR ES SALAAM-Anadolu Agency A Tanzanian firm has sealed a 3 billion dollars deal with a Turkish investment firm to develop modern fish processing facilities and a landing port, local officials said on Nov. 28. The investment in Zanzibar-based Salmin Fisheries by Northland Capital Investment is part of the government’s “blue” economy policy …
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İsmail Uğural
December 6, 2020 Climate Change and Environment, Extension - Information, Water Management
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Press release… Ender Yorgancılar, Chairman of the Aegean Region Chamber of Industry (EBSO), said, “How we have understood the value of walking freely in the streets during the pandemic, I wish we would not pay a similar price for water. The value of a drop of water may be more …
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İsmail Uğural
December 6, 2020 Agribusiness, Foreign Trade, Statistical Facts
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Press release… The exports of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB) increased by 7 percent in November compared to the last year and reached 1 billion 213 million dollars. Thus, EİB achieved the highest November exports ever. On the other hand, Turkey’s exports, down 1 percent also in November, amounted to …
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